State of Trance Yearmix 2006

not bad at all it has a lot of good trance songs ,compared with other cd,s that if your lucky if there even 4 good songs that you might like when you buy a trance cd period.i just wish the songs where longer on this cd,i have never seen a cd with 36 good songs on them wow .

I read the reviews and had mixed feeling about buying this CD, but I'm glad I did. I'm a big AVB fan and this mix will not disapoint you. This is a solid collection of trance and I'm happy to have it in my CD collection. It's a great audio journey and a wonderful back-drop to any party.

Classic beats, amazing lyrics and remixes. If you love trance, then this is a MUST HAVE!

Didn't mean to write the review but I have to because of John P's; it simply doesn't do the justice.This is just an amazing work by Armin! If you want entire tunes there are plenty of compilations out there, if you want mixed tunes there are plenty of mixes out there and of course unbeatable Armins ASOT shows and compilations. But this is something quite different. I was amazed how he mixed 87 songs into 2 hours!What you get here is the heart of the tune, its best part! No long intros or repeating of the main theme. This is relentless tempo full of energy and melody. One after another amazing tunes mix into one another, Armin is at his best mixing form! I just can't get enough of it. Sometimes there are so many amazing tunes in secession that it makes me want to stand up and jump or scream of joy :-) Both CD's are great but second is even better! When `Kuffdam & Plant feat. Terry Ferminal - The Ones We Loved (Dogzilla Remix)' blasts in you know you are in for amazing ride!Don't think twice, just get it! There are so many classic mixes and compilations out there but this is something different! All the best 2006 had to offer in one place, beautifully mixed.Happy listening! :-)

I am actually in the Netherlands right now, home of all great trance music and DJ's the world over, and the local record shops turned me onto this album based solely on the principal that it was a great "recap" of all the hottest tracks per Armin's weekly radio show. They specifically said "do not buy this thinking it is some magical journey that you'll write home about, it's just a really cool recap".I did purchase it, along with some Trancemaster CD's and other "local" mixes we probably can't get back in TN USA, and was not disappointed. It accomplishes what he set out to do: review the year, and give you a brief sampling of everything that was hot.

DON'T GET ME WRONG- I LOVE LOVE LOVE AVB... STATE OF TRANCE 2006 WAS AN AMAZING DOUBLE CD MIX AND THE CONCEPTS OF BOTH CD 1 AND CD 2 HELPED TO ESTABLISH THAT... AS A MATTER OF FACT, PRETTY MUCH EVERY ARMIN MIX, ARTIST ALBUM AND STATE OF TRANCE RADIO EPISODE IS EXCELLENT... BUT THIS IS SUB-PAR FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLYTHE WHOLE IDEA OF THE YEARMIX TO TAKE 80-SOMETHING SONGS AND CRAM THEM INTO A TWO HOUR MIX... WHILE THE TUNES ARE EASY ON THE EAR, THE MIX BECOMES FRUSTRATING DUE TO 30-45 SECONDS OF A SONG MIXED INTO ANOTHER 30-45 SECOND SONG MIXED INTO- YOU GET THE POINT... I HEARD THE YEARMIX ON HIS RADIO SHOW "A STATE OF TRANCE" AND QUITE FRANKLY, I WILL PASS ON THIS...THERE IS NO ROOM TO ACTUALLY ENJOY THE SONGS BECAUSE THEY GO BY TOO FAST- THE WHOLE POINT OF A MIX, I THOUGHT, WAS TO ENABLE THE LISTENER TO SET OUT ON HIS/HER OWN MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH SET-BUILDING: THIS MEANS PEAKS, HILLS AND VALLEYS AND PLATEAUS OF AUDIO EUPHORIA... THIS SOUNDS MORE LIKE A MASH UP TO ME THAN ANYTHING ELSE- AND SOME OF THE TRACKS GO BY SO FAST, YOU TEND TO WONDER WHETHER YOU REALLY HEARD A SPECIFIC SONG OR NOT...NOT RECOMMENDED FOR LISTENERS THAT VIEW DJ SETS AS PIECES OF ART... IF YOU WANT A TINY TASTE OF WHAT THE HOTTEST TRANCE RECORDS OF 2006 WERE, THEN BY ALL MEANS PICK THIS UP... AND IF YOU WANNA SEE HOW FAST SOMEONE CAN MIX THE NEXT RECORD IN, THEN BE MY GUEST... I'LL STICK TO MY WEEKLY DOSE OF ASOT IN THE MEANTIME!

Being a long-time fan of Armin's work, I was intrigued to see such a ridiculously long track list for a 2 CD compilation. I realized that I would most likely run across more than a few tracks that would get me going and then, moments later, move right along to the next. For me, this CD served as a way to discover gems that escaped my attention in '06. So as long as that's what you want to get out of it, I highly recommend it. For a party? No way.

Wow is all I can say! I couldn't believe the large number of tracks on each CD at first! I was pleasantly surprised by how interesting it made the CD. I am enjoying it a lot.

...konnte das Manko des "State of Trance Yearmix 2006" konnte nicht behoben werden!!!Es ist ja ganz toll das die Trance Hits des Jahres auf 2 CD's zu finden sind.Leider muß ich sagen das die CD's zu kurz sind...Theoretisch hätte man beide CD's bis zur Länge von 80 Minuten ausnutzen müssen.Das einige Lieder nur knapp 30 Sekunden dauern,ist nicht akzeptabel...Vielleicht wären am Ende weniger Songs mehr gewesen!Sonst ist die Doppel CD einfach richtig gut gelungen hier ist alles drauf was letztes Jahr irgendwie mit Trance zu tun hatte,nur sollte man sich für nächste Ausgabe endlich mal die Kritk zu Herzen nehmen!!!An dieser Stelle gibt es von mir "4 Sterne"!!!